Tears began to form as Larry slipped the ring on Miranda's finger. She
pulled him up and kissed him.
"Yes, I will marry you!" she said into his ear as she hugged him. The crowd around them cheered.
The two made their way off the stage so the band could start playing again. Lizzie rushed over to them, dragging Gordo behind her.
"Congratulations, Miranda!" Lizzie said, taking her hand so she could see how beautiful the ring looked on it. "Larry, it's just as beautiful on her as I thought it would be!"
"Wait, you knew about this?" Gordo asked.
"She helped me pick out the ring." Larry told him. "That day in the mall when I met up with you guys."
Gordo shocked everyone when he grabbed Miranda into a hug. "I'm very happy for you. I wish you and Larry all the best. I love you guys." He gave her a small kiss on the cheek and gave her hand back to Larry.
Jo came up to talk to Miranda. "Miranda, honey, congratulations! I just knew you'd be excited. That ring is more beautiful then you described, Lizzie!"
"She knew too?" Gordo asked, pointing at Jo. "Was I the only one who didn't know?"
"I didn't know." Miranda said, laughing. Jo gave her a hug and she went to go to talk to the rest of the party guests that she had been ignoring in all the excitement.
"Hey, Ethan, Kate, I'm glad you could make it!" Miranda said, trying out this new thing with Kate.
"Congrats, sister!" Ethan said, high-fiving Miranda.
"I'm so happy for you! Let's see the ring." Kate said, taking Miranda's hand. "Oh my God, it's a Tiffany! I saw it there a few weeks ago. Nice, Sanchez, I think he's a keeper."
Miranda felt a tap on her shoulder. She turned around and was swept up into Matt's strong arms. He lifted her up off the ground. As he set her back down he looked at her. "Good luck, I know you'll be happy." He looked over at Larry, "And if she's not, I'm coming after you! No one messes with my friends and gets away with it!" He smiled as he shook Larry's hand.
"Don't worry," Larry said, "I'll keep her happy."
The band began to play a slow song and couples began to form in the yard to dance. Lizzie and Gordo. Miranda and Larry. Kate and Ethan. Matt and Melaina. Sam and Jo. Even Lanny had asked someone to dance.
Larry looked down at Miranda and saw tears in her eyes. "Miranda, baby, what's wrong?"
"This is all so wonderful, but I can't help but think that I'll be leaving in two weeks and hardly ever see any of you."
Larry leaned down and kissed her. "It's going to be all right. We'll have weekends. San Diego isn't that far from LA."
"I know, but it's not going to be the same." She sighed.
"Nothing ever is." Larry said, wisely.
The party slowly started to wrap up as people started leaving. Lizzie, Miranda, and Kate decided to have a girls day out at the mall the next day. Miranda and Larry were the last ones to leave, leaving Lizzie and Gordo behind as they headed for Miranda's house.
When they got there Miranda fished in her purse for her keys. Her parents were still in Mexico for another week, so she knew she'd be coming home to an empty house. She had almost wished she could stay with Lizzie, but she felt that she would be interrupting her time with Gordo.
Miranda opened the door and Larry kissed her and was about to say goodbye when she spoke up.
"Larry, why don't you come in for awhile?" she suggested.
"Are you sure you're ok with that?" he replied.
"Would I have asked if I weren't?" she gave him a playful look.
"Alright then." He swept her up in his arms, kicking the door closed behind him. He set her down gently on the couch and kissed her.
She looked into his eyes. "Larry, can we talk about something?"
"Yeah, babe?" He gazed into her dark brown eyes.
"I know we've talked about sex before, but we've never actually um, done it. I really think I'm ready this time."
"Miranda, are you sure? I don't want to do anything you aren't ready for and I don't want to hurt you in any way." Concern filled his eyes.
"Larry, I know I want to do this. I love you, and we're getting married! I mean, not right now, but someday. This is what I want."
"If you're sure-"
She cut him off with a soft kiss, and then looked into his eyes. She grabbed his hand and pulled him toward her bedroom.
"Yes, I will marry you!" she said into his ear as she hugged him. The crowd around them cheered.
The two made their way off the stage so the band could start playing again. Lizzie rushed over to them, dragging Gordo behind her.
"Congratulations, Miranda!" Lizzie said, taking her hand so she could see how beautiful the ring looked on it. "Larry, it's just as beautiful on her as I thought it would be!"
"Wait, you knew about this?" Gordo asked.
"She helped me pick out the ring." Larry told him. "That day in the mall when I met up with you guys."
Gordo shocked everyone when he grabbed Miranda into a hug. "I'm very happy for you. I wish you and Larry all the best. I love you guys." He gave her a small kiss on the cheek and gave her hand back to Larry.
Jo came up to talk to Miranda. "Miranda, honey, congratulations! I just knew you'd be excited. That ring is more beautiful then you described, Lizzie!"
"She knew too?" Gordo asked, pointing at Jo. "Was I the only one who didn't know?"
"I didn't know." Miranda said, laughing. Jo gave her a hug and she went to go to talk to the rest of the party guests that she had been ignoring in all the excitement.
"Hey, Ethan, Kate, I'm glad you could make it!" Miranda said, trying out this new thing with Kate.
"Congrats, sister!" Ethan said, high-fiving Miranda.
"I'm so happy for you! Let's see the ring." Kate said, taking Miranda's hand. "Oh my God, it's a Tiffany! I saw it there a few weeks ago. Nice, Sanchez, I think he's a keeper."
Miranda felt a tap on her shoulder. She turned around and was swept up into Matt's strong arms. He lifted her up off the ground. As he set her back down he looked at her. "Good luck, I know you'll be happy." He looked over at Larry, "And if she's not, I'm coming after you! No one messes with my friends and gets away with it!" He smiled as he shook Larry's hand.
"Don't worry," Larry said, "I'll keep her happy."
The band began to play a slow song and couples began to form in the yard to dance. Lizzie and Gordo. Miranda and Larry. Kate and Ethan. Matt and Melaina. Sam and Jo. Even Lanny had asked someone to dance.
Larry looked down at Miranda and saw tears in her eyes. "Miranda, baby, what's wrong?"
"This is all so wonderful, but I can't help but think that I'll be leaving in two weeks and hardly ever see any of you."
Larry leaned down and kissed her. "It's going to be all right. We'll have weekends. San Diego isn't that far from LA."
"I know, but it's not going to be the same." She sighed.
"Nothing ever is." Larry said, wisely.
The party slowly started to wrap up as people started leaving. Lizzie, Miranda, and Kate decided to have a girls day out at the mall the next day. Miranda and Larry were the last ones to leave, leaving Lizzie and Gordo behind as they headed for Miranda's house.
When they got there Miranda fished in her purse for her keys. Her parents were still in Mexico for another week, so she knew she'd be coming home to an empty house. She had almost wished she could stay with Lizzie, but she felt that she would be interrupting her time with Gordo.
Miranda opened the door and Larry kissed her and was about to say goodbye when she spoke up.
"Larry, why don't you come in for awhile?" she suggested.
"Are you sure you're ok with that?" he replied.
"Would I have asked if I weren't?" she gave him a playful look.
"Alright then." He swept her up in his arms, kicking the door closed behind him. He set her down gently on the couch and kissed her.
She looked into his eyes. "Larry, can we talk about something?"
"Yeah, babe?" He gazed into her dark brown eyes.
"I know we've talked about sex before, but we've never actually um, done it. I really think I'm ready this time."
"Miranda, are you sure? I don't want to do anything you aren't ready for and I don't want to hurt you in any way." Concern filled his eyes.
"Larry, I know I want to do this. I love you, and we're getting married! I mean, not right now, but someday. This is what I want."
"If you're sure-"
She cut him off with a soft kiss, and then looked into his eyes. She grabbed his hand and pulled him toward her bedroom.
